6 Sure Fire Ways To Deal With Procrastination And Beat Laziness ( Part-6 )

6. Time Division

Procrastination often comes with a tendency of getting distracted. These days, social media does a great job of swaying people away. Research says that once you get distracted on the internet, it takes 20 minutes before you can focus on work again. That’s a lot of time wasted.

A better idea is to divide your time into unbroken chunks. Give yourself 90 minutes of interrupted work time by putting your devices on silent and logging off from other places. And slowly try to increase this time to 2 hours, 2.5 hrs and so on.

The same pattern can be followed for personal activities like exercising, spending time with family etc. I see a lot of young people procrastinating more often when it comes to physical fitness. Their excuse is that there is no time after work. In reality – it is all about habits. If you decide that you absolutely have to run for 30 minutes, no matter how late you come back from work – after a few initial failures you will eventually find yourself on the track literally and figuratively.

Similarly, people have the habit of giving into the social media temptation like it’s an itch in the groin that needs to be addressed right away – even when they are with family, amidst important conversations. It is not only rude, but is also a setback for your positive momentum.

The funda is very simple. If what you do does not take you towards your goals, it takes you away from them.

So, the question then is – is procrastination taking you a step closer to the things you want to achieve in life? Probably not.

But here’s the catch –

I can give you only ways. No matter what you read here or anywhere else about ways to deal with procrastination – you won’t achieve anything till you step out of your comfort zone and take the first step. As it is said, one can take the horse to the water but not make him drink it.

No tips and tricks will be useful, till you shake out of your lazy slumber and tell yourself – enough is enough! Till you begin to actively choose for yourself – procrastination or prioritization?

One Life. Do not fritter it away just like that. Rise, Shine & Fly away. The world is waiting for you to pour your exceptional skills & talents into the marketplace. Only .01% people will do. The remaining 99.99% will spend their entire lives time passing & in just existing. You be the former. And for that – ‘Be Energetic first’.